S-O-M 1961

  New York 2, St. Louis 0 WP-Seaver (2-0) LP-Gibson (1-1) Seaver 1-hitter, Staub 2-run homer in 4th. Chicago 7, Pittsburgh 6 WP-Jenkins (1-1) LP-Moose (0-1) SV-Aker (1) Cardenal 2 homers, Monday, Pepitone also homered. Cubs led 7-0 after 6-1/2. Philadelphia 8, Montreal 5 WP-Lonborg (1-1) LP-Moore (1-1) SV-Wilson (1) Deron Johnson grand slam in 3rd inning. Houston 4, San Francisco 3 WP-Forsch (1-1) LP-Bradley (0-2) SV-York (1) Wynn 2-run homer in 6th for Astros. San Diego 3, Atlanta 2 WP-Norman (1-1) LP-Harrison (0-1) Game-winning sac fly by Derrel Thomas in 9th. Oates, Perez back-to-back homers for Braves in 5th. Cincinnati 3, Los Angeles 2 WP-Billingham (2-0) LP-Messersmith (1-1) SV-Borbon (1) Joe Morgan 2-run homer in 3rd, Pete Rose RBI single in 9th.

NYM 2-6-0 STL 0-1-0 Seaver 9IP 0 runs, 1 hit, 5 strikeouts, walk, HBP Ken Reitz, only hit off Seaver in 5th. Rusty Staub, 2-run homer in 4th.  

  Baltimore 3, Detroit 1 WP-McNally (1-0) LP-Lolich (0-2) Blair 2-run homer New York 5, Cleveland 4 (13) WP-Lyle (1-0) LP-Lamb (0-1) Michael walk-off single in 13th, Blomberg game-tying 2-run homer in 9th  Chicago 4, Oakland 3 WP-Bahnsen (1-0) LP-Hunter (0-2) SV-Acosta (1) Allen, Henderson 2-run homers Kansas City 5, Texas 4 WP-Bird (1-0) LP-Bosman (1-1) Mayberry 4-4, go-ahead/winning homer in 7th. Pinella, Kirkpatrick back-to-back solo homers in 6th. 

Thought I'd lead off with one from The City by the Bay:   Houston 9, San Francisco 1 WP-Griffin (1-0) LP-Willoughby (0-2) Astros sent 11 men to the plate in the 1st, scoring 7 times, including back-to-back homers by Lee May with 2 on and Doug Rader. Los Angeles 2, Cincinnati 1 WP-Sutton (1-0) LP-Gullett (0-2) Dodgers held to 3 hits, but scored run in 1st on errors by Darrel Chaney and Johnny Bench. Buckner added late homer for insurance. St. Louis 2, New York 0 WP-Cleveland (1-0) LP-Koosman (0-1) Cleveland CG 3-hitter. Atlanta 6, San Diego 1 WP-Gentry (1-1) LP-Kirby (0-1) 3-run homer by Baker, 2-run homer by Oates.

Baltimore 7, Detroit 0 WP-Palmer (1-0, CG) LP-Fryman (0-1) Williams, Blair 2-run homers. New York 5, Cleveland 0 WP-Stottlemyre (1-1, CG) LP-Perry (0-2) Munson HR Oakland 5, Chicago 3 WP-Blue (1-0, CG) LP-Wood (0-2) Tenace 2 homers, 5 on season Kansas City 7, Texas 1 WP-Busby (2-0, CG, 9K's) LP-Stanhouse (0-1) Rojas 2 doubles, 3-3 California 2, Minnesota 1 (11) WP-Ryan (1-1, CG, 10k's) LP-Hands (0-2) Stephenson walk-off single with no outs in 11th.  

Gene Tenace through 4 games: 8 hits, 15 at-bats, 5 HR 6 RBI 5 runs scored.  Might as well give him the MVP right now.  

  American League Kansas City 11, Texas 5 WP-Splittorf (1-0) LP-Broberg (0-1) Rojas 3-5, 4 RBI's Minnesota 6, California 0 WP-Blyeven (2-0) LP-Singer (0-1) Carew 3-5, Darwin 3 sac flies National League Philadelphia 5, Montreal 4 WP-Carlton (1-0) LP-Marshall (0-1) Phillies 4 runs in bottom of 9th inning, walk-off bases loaded single to center by Deron Johnson. Houston 5, Los Angeles 0 WP-Roberts (2-0) LP-Downing (0-1) CG 5-hitter for Roberts San Francisco 7, San Diego 0 WP-Marichal (2-0) LP-Corkins (0-1) Maddox double. triple, 2 RBI's.

  American League New York 4, Cleveland 2 WP-Peterson (1-0) LP-Strom (0-1) Murcer, Munson homers for Yanks National League San Diego 6, San Francisco 2 WP-Caldwell (1-0) LP-Bryant (0-1) Padres 15 hits, Caldwell CG Cincinnati 7, Atlanta 3 WP-Nelson (1-0) LP-Morton (0-1) SV-Borbon (1) Bench GS for Reds Los Angeles 4, Houston 3 WP-Osteen (1-0) LP-Reuss (0-1) Dodgers send 10, score 4 in 2nd,

  Tim Foli batted .240 in 1973 with 2 homers, 36 RBI. Through 3 games in my 1973 as-played replay, he is: .667, 1 homer, 3 RBI. (10-for-15) Of course, it's still early.

"Let's play two!" STL 1/0 PIT 2/4 G1: WP-Briles(1-0) LP-Wise (0-1) SV-Giusti (1) Sanguillen go-ahead/GW home run in 8th inning. G2: WP-Ellis (1-0) LP-Spinks (0-1) CG 5-hitter for Ellis, Sanguillen 2-run double in 8th inning. HOU 4/8 ATL 5/7 G1: WP-House (1-0) LP-York (0-1) Oates go-ahead/GW single in 8th inning. G2: WP-Wilson (1-0) LP-Reed (0-1) Rader, Wynn homers for Astros, Braves rally for 6 in 9th, come up oh-so-short. They'll play 2 some other day, Phils-Mets ppd. The rest were singles: Chicago 7, Montreal 5 WP-Locker (1-0) LP-Marshall (0-1) SV-Aker (1) Monday (3), Cardenal b-2-b homers in 7th, Beckert, go-ahead double off hit/run in 8th. Mangual 3-run bomb for Expos. Cincinnati 1, San Francisco 0 WP-Grimsley (1-0) LP-Bradley (0-1) Pete Rose go-ahead double in 5th, Grimsley goes distance on 12-hitter! Los Angeles 4, San Diego 2 (10) WP-Richert (1-0) LP-G. Ross (0-1) Buckner go-ahead single in 10th. 

  Boston 7, New York 3 WP-Curtis (1-0) LP-Medich (0-1) Home runs by Fisk, Cepeda Detroit 10, Cleveland 1 WP-Coleman (1-0) LP-Tidrow (0-1) Northrup 4 hits, 3-run homer by Gates Brown Oakland 3, Minnesota 1 WP-Holtzman (1-0) LP-Kaat (0-1) Tenace 2 home runs Kansas City 9, California 4 WP-Drago (0-1) LP-May (0-1) Home runs by Mayberry, Otis Rained out, Milwaukee at Baltimore, Chicago at Texas